From f6ec679f7b290489e177457ae40bce28371a8d88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:57:34 +0100
Subject: documentation: Tell not to use make -jN

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
---
 docs/buildroot.html | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'docs/buildroot.html')

diff --git a/docs/buildroot.html b/docs/buildroot.html
index 0b87bffed..571414b8f 100644
--- a/docs/buildroot.html
+++ b/docs/buildroot.html
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@
  $ make
 </pre>
 
+    <p>You <b>should never</b> use <code>make -jN</code> with
+    Buildroot: it does not support <i>top-level parallel
+    make</i>. Instead, use the <code>BR2_JLEVEL</code> option to tell
+    Buildroot to run each package compilation with <pre>make
+    -jN</pre>.</p>
+
     <p>This command will generally perform the following steps:</p>
     <ul>
       <li>Download source files (as required)</li>
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